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Method and apparatus for evaporative cooling of a cooling fluid

US7234309B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 2005
Grant dateJun 26, 2007
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Expiry dateAug 21, 2025

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02B30/70
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A method and an apparatus of evaporative cooling for reducing the volume of an evaporative cooler by considerably lowering the temperature of a cooling fluid are disclosed. A first cooling fluid, which comprises most part of the cooling fluid evaporatively cooled by an outside air while passing through an evaporative cooling section after circulating in an apparatus to be cooled, re-circulates in the apparatus to be cooled. A second cooling fluid, which is separated from the cooling fluid after being cooled in the evaporative cooling section, passes through a sensible air-cooling section placed at an outside air inlet. Thereby, the inflow outside air is sensibly cooled. The second cooling fluid, which passes through the sensible cooling section, re-circulates in the evaporative cooling section.

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